Flower support or holder.



Patented Aug. 5, I902. B. D. SANDERS FLOWER SUPPORT o n 3. (Application filed Jan. 9

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No. 706,258. Patented Aug. 5, I902. B. D. SANDERS.

FLOWER SUPPORT 0R HOLDER.

(Application filed Jan. 25, 1902.)

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UNTTn STATES BERTI-IA D. SANDERS,

OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FLOWER SUPPORT OR HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 706,258, dated August 5, 1902. Application filed January 25, 1902. Serial No. 91,159. (No model.)

T0 at 10. 00111, it may concern:

Be it known that I, BERTHA D. SANDERS, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flower Supports or Holders, of which the following is a specifl cation.

My invention relates to an improvement in flower supports or holders, and is especially designed to furnish a means by which flowers, ferns, and other ornamental plants can be artistically arranged on dinner-tables or other places in low vases, trays, and like receptacles partly filled with water or, if preferred, without any other receptacle than the holders composing my invention.

My invention consists, essentially, of a flower support or holder composed of anumber of separate individual stem holders or supports made of suitable metal and capable of supporting flowers or other ornamental plants therein, either singly or in small bunches, by means of their stems in a variety of artistic arrangements.

My invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying two sheets of drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of my combination-holder, consisting of a series of stem-holders, with permanent openings in them, arranged symmetrically in a shallow vase. Fig. 2 is a cross-section of the same on the line A B of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is aplan view of an alternative arrangement, showin g a combination of cast-metal and flexible stem-holders. Fig. & is a further alternative combination of the same, and Figs. 5 and 6 show alternative forms of construction of the flexible .are provided with the openings 3 3, &c., and

are of suflicientheight and weight to support the flowers independently of the tray by inserting their stems in the circular openings 3 3. The size of the openings 3 can be varied to suit the diameter of the stems of the flowers to be used provided it is desired to insert only one flower in each opening, or they can be of a fixed size and a suflicient number of flowers inserted in each to approximately fill the same. When the holders are cast from lead or other suitable metal in the forms marked 5, 6, 7, and 8, it will be evident that the separate casts can be made of various shapes and are adapted to various set arrangements with respect to each other and still will be symmetrical. It will also be evident that these casts may be nickel-plated, if desired, or otherwise rendered ornamental of themselves. After the flowers are inserted in the holders in the receptacle sufficient water can be added to keep the flowers fresh. In Fig. 3 a modification is shown in that the central holder 5, instead of being made of rigidmetal, is made of some flexible metal, such as lead or copper, and bent into any do sired shape. This form offers the additional advantage of being adjustable in both the size of the openings and the shape of the holder. In this case the flowers are inserted as desired in the annular opening formed by the sides of the bent metal, as shown in the drawings, in this modification, the central section is surrounded by a plurality of independent segmental sections, each having a flower-receiving space with intermediate triangular sections between said segmental sections arranged in adesign about said central section.

In Fig. 4 a combination is shown having as a central piece the rigid metal triangular section 2 and as encircling pieces segments of pliable metal of the general form shown in Fig. 1. It will be obvious that by combining the rigid metal pieces with the pliable metal pieces an infinite variety of arrangements of flowers can be made. While I have designed the holder primarily for an arrangement of flowers on tables arranged in low vases, trays, or other receptacles capable of holding suflicient water to keep the flowers fresh, still it will be obvious that the holders can be adapted to various other uses and canbe set, if desired, on the table without the receptacle and banked by ferns or in any other manner.

I claim as my invention-- 1. The herein-described fiower-holder,co1ning space, said independent sections being arranged in a design about said central section and intermediate triangular sections arranged between said segmental sections.

v 5. Theherein-describedflower-holder,comprising a flexible strip bent to produce flowerreceiving spaces.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two Witnesses, this 23d day of January, 1902.

BERTHA D. SANDERS. Witnesses:

ADRIAN H. J OLINE, MARY E. L. J OLINE. 

